Worst: Bad blood circulation, cause for cellulite and spider veins at age 23 -been having it since my teens-.
Best: Lean body with curves 'in all the right places'. Even if I'm a bit flabby, most of my friends envy my shape because it's what it's supposed to be 'hot'. i could totally do with two less sizes in the bust department though.
Best feature: Smile aaaall the way.

Most disliked: my recessed chin. Even when I weigh less it's hard to look like I don't have a double chin! But I can also say with certainty that it is MUCH better today than it would have been without braces and headgear - my teeth, overbite, and chin were a total mess when I was 8, so I'm glad that my parents made orthodontia a priority.

Most loved feature - my eyes. Eyes tend to be the thing I notice first about most people, and I like the shape and slightly-large size of my own eyes. They are a grayish blue that can look bluer or greener depending on what I'm wearing near my face, and my lashes are somewhat long. I rarely go out without mascara because I love some emphasis on my favorite feature. I'm also careful when I purchase specs to make sure that the frames harmonize with or emphasize my eyes.

Most distinctive - my guess is that if someone was trying to describe me to someone else so that they would recognize me physically, they would mention either my short red hair or large bust.
Actually, come to think of it, I can think of one recent example where that happened exactly - my friend described me to another woman she was going to introduce me to as a "redhead with amazing boobs." Made me blush!

Worst: my thighs. (sigh). I find they are large, muscular, covered with fat, no matter how much pilate and cardio and yoga and self acceptance techniques I try. And then when I don't use them for a while, or before my periods, they expand into mini balloons. The problem is my legs are too short. Simply.

Best: Upper body: shoulders, neck, arms, waist. I consider myself extremely lucky. When I was young and blind, I had mammal implants put in because I thought this was the only way to "keep" my then partner. It was the most painful thing in the world, right up there with giving birth, except the pain lasted longer. Then, the bigger breasts created an imbalance which was uncomfortable (not to mention difficult to style!). Well my partner left me anyway and I found myself with these foreign objects I couldn't afford to have taken out (In Canada, they'll take them out for you but will leave two holes in your chest if you don't have the $$$ for reconstruction). Finally 10 yrs later I had enough money to have them removed in a decent way. Now my chest is similar to what it once had been, except slightly smaller - they had to remove scar tissue around the implants. I lost most feeling. I hope this can be a warning to anyone considering this operation if not necessary.

Most distinctive: I have to say like Suz, my short hair.

Krishnidoux, thanks for sharing your experience. What an intense, and personal thing to go through. You are screwing with my preconceived notions, which is a good thing; of all the people I encounter online, you (sensitive, intelligent, able to step away from everyday life enough to observe it) would probably be the last person I'd imagine to have taken on cosmetic surgery. I don't mean to offend anyone who's chosen it. Rather to say I'm a little more aware of my unconscious assumptions surrounding it.

Yes, I did it. I was VERY insecure. Very lost. Very sad. Of course I didn't realize it at the time.

So good you have journeyed to this point, Krishnidoux, of knowing and nurturing yourself. Your previous insecurity, and suffering (and insecurity itself IS suffering), I'm sure, has deepened your compassion.

Gosh, this is hard -

Best - my skin. I hated my skin with a passion throughout adolescence, and somehow emerged in my 30s with people telling me how lovely my skin is. It hasn't really changed, but my attitude towards it has. I'm 47 now, and really like my skin.

Most distinctive - my posture. I'm only 5ft 3 and a half inches tall, but I have good posture (thanks to ballroom dancing in my youth and 10 years of Pilates more recently) so most people think I'm taller!

Worst - thighs, probably, I exercise a lot but they are like footballers thighs *sigh*

Thank you Fruitful.

best: my eyes. I've been told that innocence radiates in them. In egenral I think I'm a giving person and perhaps that shows in my eyes? not sure.

most distinctive: I'm consdered 'tall' by Indian standards ( 5'6'') so I was known as the tall
girl who wears big hopp earrings in med school in India. So I'm a 'tall' South Asian girl!

worst: muffin top and loose abdominal skin. kind of sad when size 6 and 8 jeans can ride up my hips but only a 10/12 will button around my belly. But ah well!

Ok, I'll play.

Best: My eyes, and my chest and relatively small waist.

"Worst": (I've come a long way in thinking of my body in much kinder terms) My legs. Yes, they're long, and that's their saving grace, because they really are not my best feature, with cellulite, lumpy knees, and large thighs. BUT they work, so I cut them some slack.

Most distinctive: Suppose that would have to be my eyes, my most often commented-on feature. Next would probably be my hands, as I have long thin fingers and my hands are kind of veiny, but I love them.

best: my hair (it's super low maintenance, thick, and straight) and my waist (defined and high)

worst: probably my upper thighs.

most distinctive: my smile. Not sure what it so distinctive about it but everyone always comments on it!

That's a fun game!
Worst: it is a tie between my feet (big with crooked toes) and my thighs / rear view.
Best: wide shoulders, small waist and slender upper body. I hated my wide shoulders as a teenager, thought they make me masculine but now I appreciate them as they balance out my lower body.
Most distinctive: I hate to say it but it is my height. I may have big eyes, full lips and high cheekbones - each is distinctive enough - but my height is the first thing people notice. I am still not sure if this is a good or bad thing...:-)

Worst- my nose. Broke it as a child and it healed rather oddly- it's quite flat across the bridge. I'd like to get a nose job but refuse to take the healing time off yoga. Maybe as an 'end of PhD' present when my stress levels will be lower.

Best- my tush. I get compliments from both men and women. It's curvy, toned and looks fab in jeans. Coming 2nd would be my skin- it's smooth, unblemished and very pale.

Most distintive- probably my frame/general build. I'm very petite (my boyfriend says I have perfect proportions, just in minature) and always get described as 'the really tiny girl'

1) Worst feature is probably my BAD SKIN...I've got it under more control now than I've ever had it, but it's never entirely clear, and my pores are huge. Oh well...if that's the biggest problem I've got in my life, then I've got it pretty good! Since I can't hide my face (and wouldn't want to), I have to say the feature I try to downplay with my clothing is my breasts. They're big (34F) and if I'm not careful how I dress, they look ridiculous. I like them, but I have to downplay them or it's all anybody sees.

2) Best: probably my proportions/shape. I've got the classic hourglass figure, and I feel very lucky in that! I can't wear all the cute clothes out there because some of them just don't look right on an hourglass, but I have plenty of fun with the cuts that fit my figure.

3) Most distinctive -- either my height (5'11" in my bare feet) or my huge feet (size 11), both of which I gladly play up by wearing pumps as often as I can (which make me about 6'2" on average) and interesting, unique shoes. I love to make my shoes the focus of my outfit. I figure as long as people are going to notice my big feet anyway, I might as well really give them something to look at!

Worst: lack of a waist, plus a muffin, depending on the fit of the bottom. I traded it in years ago for a really cute baby. He was worth it, but I do miss my small waist.

Best: Hair. It is really thick. Wearing it longer for the first time since college, I get a lot of compliments on it. Someone here said hairstyle is 75% of appearance. This does seem to be true, all of a sudden. I'm enjoying this!

Most distinctive: My eyes are an unusually vivid shade of blue, entirely natural.

I'm hesitant to answer here. A month or so ago, around the time there were a series of discussions about plastic surgery, I wrote a post about 'what feature you would most like to change if you could', and I got the smackdown from Angie. And rightly so. It does no good to focus on your flaws. So I'll answer, but in the spirit of positivity, because all things considered, I have no right to complain.

Best and worst? Hard to say. I tend to focus on my belly because I get premenstrual bloat a lot, but really, I should get over myself, because it's pretty flat. My eyes are not as large and round as I'd like them to be, I suppose. If I had a magic wand I'd make 'em bigger. But truth be told, I don't think I have any real problem areas, nor any really exceptional ones. Hair, skin, teeth, nose, boobs, legs, backside, feet -- all the things that women complain about -- they're all good, but not *remarkably* good.

I guess that means I don't have a most distinctive feature! I think the whole teeny-tiny, elfin package is probably what's distinctive.

Okay I see this thread is back to page one so I am ready - or almost ready to answer.

What is the feature you dislike the most or try hardest to hide?
My hip/thigh area. I couldnt' think of what it was until I was trying to find knit pants and it came to me. Some people can gain weight and still have a smooth outline along the hip. I get square and lumpy. Not pretty.

What is your best feature?
I have fairly long legs for my height and that gives the appearance that I am taller than I am. I think that is my saving grace in terms of minimizing the hip/upper thigh issue.

And what is your most distinctive, and do you like it or not?
I actually don't think I have any one distinctive feature. I seem familiar to a lot of people I don't know and I believe it is because I have brown hair, brown eyes, am average height, average weight, and have no one feature that really stands out. Sometimes this is good and sometimes not.

My best, as well as my most distinctive feature are my blue eyes.

The one that may be considered my worst (although it doesn't bother me any!) are my toes - because I broke 3 of them on one foot and 2 on the other, in a freakish accident while I was helping one of my nieces clean out her clothes closet! (go figure!) and they all healed really, really weird - some have bumps on top, some are crooked, etc. etc. - nothing that I really waste my energy fretting about however! Its just life!